The Witcher 3 is so large, extensive, and full of details that one needs several playthroughs to really explore all the possibilities of the RPG milestone from CD Projekt RED – as currently shown by a community report.
Which character is it about? It is about Moritz Diefenthel, a mage from The Witcher 3, whom you meet at the masquerade ball of the Vegelbuds during the quest “A Vital Matter”. Through a conversation, you learn that Moritz and Triss know each other, but are not currently on good terms.
Nevertheless, Triss offers her old friend to help him and other mages escape from Novigrad before the witch hunters can catch the magic users. However, Moritz does not want to hear about it and instead criticizes Triss’s leadership role. After that, their paths diverge – and most players probably haven’t heard anything from Moritz Diefenthel afterward.
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Where can you meet Moritz later? If the mage had anticipated the fate that awaited him, he would probably have accepted Triss’s offer. He later plays a major role in a bonfire party in front of the glory gate of Novigrad, where the local witch hunters want to execute the poor Moritz.
As a player, you witness the execution but probably do not realize who is just catching fire. And even if you do: What can you do about it? Well, now a player with about 1,000 hours of gameplay and more than 10 years after the release has found out that you can actually save Moritz.
“I think it’s time for a sixth playthrough”
How do you save the mage? On Reddit, skip13ayles explains that he wants to deliberately try things in his current playthrough that he hadn’t thought of before. This includes, for example, stealing in front of the guards and actually fighting against them.
When he tried exactly that during the execution in Novigrad, he expected that he could only knock the guards out without changing anything about the burning. But that’s exactly what he did. Once all the guards were defeated, he was able to save the condemned from the bonfire.
In the resulting dialogue, skip13ayles realized that he had not saved just anyone: This is Moritz Diefenthel! And he can even be convinced to accept Triss’s help and flee the city.
How does the community react to the report? With more than 5,000 thumbs up and many comments showing that many other fans of Witcher 3 have also never saved the poor Moritz. Others even have a tip.
- Anonimity101 writes on Reddit: “Damn. Five playthroughs and I just stood there and watched him burn every time. I think it’s time for a sixth playthrough.”
- ninoboy09 is excited on Reddit about the information: “That’s why I’ve always wondered where he went. I never saw him again after the ball.”
- rLordOfLols explains on Reddit: “This happened to me completely by accident during my first playthrough. I was bored and decided to wander around to find some action. When I ran past the gate and saw a man being burned alive, I immediately thought: ‘Hey, that’s not nice!’, before Geralt swung his sword wildly at me.”
- LordMelk0r and others report on Reddit that it can also be done with the Aard spell: “I figured it out when I tried to put out the fire with Aard. I didn’t even want to attack them. I was pleasantly surprised when they came at me. They dropped like flies.”
Another fan of The Witcher 3 has discovered a new trick after 9 years that allowed him to enter a well-guarded area that many of you probably do not know. The how and where can be found in the following article: A player discovers a location in The Witcher 3 after 9 years that few have probably seen
